Among the plethora of operas having their world premieres by American opera companies this summer, several take on racially charged subjects. Last month Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones , based on a memoir by New York Times … » Read

It was over 25 years ago that Decca’s pioneering Entartete Musik series released the world premiere recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane ( The Miracle of Heliane ). Entartete Musik, or “degenerate … » Read

Teatro Nuovo followed up its exciting account of Bellini’s La Straniera last week with a memorable presentation the very next evening (July 18) at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater of another bel canto masterpiece, Rossini’s … » Read

LENOX, MA -- July 20, 2019, and as much of America melts in an unprecedented heatwave, at Tanglewood the thermometer hits 100 degrees. Spare a thought, therefore, for Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Andris Nelsons, and the valiant musicians of … » Read

One of his first big hits, Bellini’s La Straniera is among the composer’s most musically daring and dramatically imaginative works. Nevertheless, well before the end of the 19th century it had fallen firmly out of the repertoire. … » Read

Film, television, sports, and other mainstream media have historically birthed a long list of celebrities—those of worldwide, grand status—while it remains easy to count on one hand (maybe two) the number of worldwide celebrities in … » Read